BOOK REVIEW OF NICHOLAS SPARKS’ SAFE HAVEN
1BOOK REVIEW OF NICHOLAS SPARKS’ SAFE HAVENA FINAL PROJECTIn Partial Fulfillment of the RequirementFor S-1 Degree in LinguisticsIn English Department, Faculty of HumanitiesDiponegoro UniversitySubmitted by:Maygananda Putriyani13020110141129FACULTY OF HUMANITIESDIPONEGORO UNIVERSITYSEMARANG2015
2PRONOUNCEMENTThe writer states truthfully that this project is compiled by her withouttaking the results from other research in any university, in S-1, S-2 and S-3 degreeand in diploma. In addition, the writer ascertains that she does not take thematerial from other publications or someone’s work except for the referencesmentioned in the bibliography.Semarang, March 19, 2015Maygananda Putriyani
3APPROVALApproved byAdvisor,Dr. Nurhayati, M.HumNIP. 196610041990012001
4VALIDATIONApproved byStrata I Final Project Examination CommitteeFaculty of Humanities Diponegoro Universityon Friday, August 21, 2015Chair PersonDra.Lubna A.Sungkar, M.HumNIP.195211081986032001First MemberSecond MemberMytha Candria, S.S, M.A, M.ADra.Wiwiek Sundari, hird MemberDra.Christina R, M.HumNIP.195602161983032001
5MOTTO AND DEDICATION“God the Most High says, ‘I am with my slave when he thinks of Me and I amwith him when he mentions Me.”-Bukhari“Through hard work, perseverance and faith in God, you can live your dreams.”-Benjamin Carson“Hope is a waking dream.”- AristotleThis final project is dedicated to those I love.
6ACKNOWLEDGEMENTFirst of all, the writer would like to thank to Allah SWT, who always givesstrength so that the writer could finish this final project entitled “Book Review onNicholas Sparks’ Safe Haven”.Secondly, the writer would also like to thank Dr. Nurhayati, M.Hum., asher project advisor who has given her guidance from the beginning until the finishof this project.The writer also like to thank people who have important roles in finishingthis final assignment since without their support, encouragement and critics, thewriter would not have finished this report. Furthermore the writer would like tothank:1. Dr. Redyanto Noor, M.Hum., the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities,Diponegoro University.2. Sukarni Suryaningsih, S.S, M.Hum., the Head of English DepartmentRegular I study program of the Faculty of Humanities, DiponegoroUniversity, as well as my academic advisor, for helpful guidance andmoral support during my study.3. Dr. Nurhayati, M.Hum., the Writer’s Academic Supervisor for herguidance.4. All lecturers of the S-1 Degree English Department on Faculty ofHumanities Diponegoro University for sharing their knowledge,experiences and all their great lectures.
75. The writer’s family, especially her parents Mr. Maryadi and Mrs. RetnoPuspayani, the writer’s older brother Jenzen Prasetyo Wahyujati, S.Kom.,Kevin Priamukti Firmansyah and the writer’s little brother Revian AkbarYusuf Safiano. Thanks for the prayer, support, motivations and love.6. The writer’s boyfriend, Didin Muhamad Saputra, S.H., Thanks for theprayer, support, motivations, understanding and love.7. All of the writer’s special friends who always support and share with her.Thank you for the love and togetherness.The writer would also like to extend her thanks to other that she cannotmention their name one by one. The writer realizes that this final project is farfrom excellent. Therefore, she would be happy to accept some criticism,suggestions and recommendations. The writer hopes this project will be usefulfor the readers.Semarang, August 27, 2015Maygananda Putriyani
8TABLE OF TO AND DEDICATION.ivACKNOWLEDGEMENT.vTABLE OF CONTENT.vii1. INTRODUCTION.12. SUMMARY OF THE BOOK.23. REVIEW.64. CONCLUSION.12REFERENCESAPPENDIX
91. IntroductionSafe Haven (2010) is a novel written by Nicholas Sparks. It is a storyabout a woman who suffers from traumatic experience due to her abusivehusband. She manages to escape to a safe place and find happiness in that place.The woman wants to start a new life even though the shadow of the past willalways haunt her.The main goal of this book is to find a true happiness. The author createsthe main character as a strong person. It is something good to give a good impactto the readers. The book gives the readers strength and motivation in their lifebecause same problem as the main characters may happen in real life. The booktells that people will find a way in solving their problem.The writer chooses this novel because it is one of American best-sellingnovels and it has a lot of good lessons that can be taken. The readers may feel thestruggle of the main character when this life gets problem through Safe Haven.The purpose of reviewing Safe Haven is to review both the strengths andweaknesses of the novel.Nicholas Charles Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha,Nebraska, United States. Sparks is a novelist, screenwriter and producer. In 1974his family finally settled in Fair Oaks in Carolina where he graduated in 1984 asvaledictorian from Bella Vista High School then enrolling at the University ofNotre Dame with majored in business finance. Sparks got married on July 22,1989 with Cathy Cote and moved to New Bern, North Carolina and has fivechildren’s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas Sparks).
10In 1985 when he was still in school Sparks ever wrote a novel entitled ThePassing and wrote another one in 1989 entitled The Royal Murders, but both ofthese novels were unpublished. Spark tried his luck in publishing, law school, realestate and even waiting tables. In 1990, Sparks co-wrote a novel entitled A LakotaJourney to Happiness and Self-Understanding with Billy Mills. Sales for thisbook approximated 50.000 copies in its first year after release. In October 1996‘The Notebook’ novel published and made the New York Times best-seller list inits first week of release. Following his several successful of his works, the novelbecame the international bestsellers. There were nine novels that had been adaptedinto films including Safe Haven (2013).Sparks wrote the novels such as Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk toRemember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights inRodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), Three Weeks withMy Brother (2004), True Believer (2005), At First Sight (2005), Dear John(2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), SafeHaven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), and The Longest Ride (2013).2. Summary of the BookKatie, the main character of this novel lives in a cottage in Southport. Sheis twenty-seven years old, and has long blond hair. She has a neighbor called Jo, amid-thirty woman with long, unruly brown hair who always wears sunglasses.Living in Southport, Katie tries to keep her past from the people around her. AlexWheatley, the owner of an old-fashioned country store, where Katie usually buys
11some groceries in there, is a widower with two children, Josh and Kristen. He is acriminal investigator in the Army, so he can notice things that other people do not.He knows Katie does not want to talk too much with him, but she builds goodfriendship with his daughter, Kristen. Alex has employees, named Joyce andRoger. Joyce is the only one he trusts to stay with the kids when he has to go outof the town.Katie and Alex are getting closer. One day Katie is surprised because Alexgives her a bicycle. It is his wife’s bicycle actually. She tells him that she does notwant anything from him. Alex says that he does not want to remember about hislate wife. He gives that bicycle to Katie because he wants someone to take careand use that bicycle. That day, he has a plan to go to the beach with the kids.Then, Kristen asks Katie to come and Katie agrees to join them. Then Alex comeswith his jeep to pick her up soon after she parks her bike at her cottage. On theride she thinks about Alex’s loneliness matches her own loneliness. As the kidsare playing at the beach, Alex starts telling about how he met his wife. The nextday when Alex is cooking with Katie, he tells her about growing up in Spokaneand how his in-laws starts the business. From his stories Katie realized that he is agood man and father who is different from man she ever meet before.Katie also knows that Alex is a detective in the Army from his story whenthey go together watching kids playing the kites. He notices Katie is surprised andhe is wondering what is going on with her past. Although Alex knows that Katiedoes not want to talk about it. She asks him about how his wife died, he says hiswife died because of brain tumor. Katie tells him that her parents died in a car
12accident when she was nineteen. Katie thinks that day is a happy moment she everhas. After at the beach, Katie and Alex are so busy with works so they cannotmeet each other. However Alex thinks that he really wants to know more abouther. He hopes Katie tell him the truth of her past. After several moments that theyspend together, Katie starts to realize that she is interested with Alex and she isthinking that Alex is a man that she can trust.Then because of his curiousity Alex is trying to asks about Katie’s pastand guessing that she has a problematic marriage and her husband is hunting her.Katie admits that is true. Alex says no matter what has happened to her he willstill love her. Then from that point Katie fully trust him and she starts telling himabout her husband’s behavior. As Alex stays to listen Katie’s stories about herabusive husband, Alex supports her that she has done right thing by leavingKevin. Katie tells him that her father is also a drunker but he is not violent. Katiealso tells him that she cannot call the police because Kevin is a detective inBoston Police Department. She also admits that her real name is Erin. Shechanges her identity, such as she is cutting her hair and colors it. At that momentKevin Tierney, Katie’s husband, is at a Memorial Day barbecue at his captain’shouse, Bill Robinson. Kevin’s lying to Bill, saying that Erin’s back again to NewHampshire, Manchester to help her friend who has a cancer. Kevin is tired aboutpeople asking about Erin. His friends, Coffey and Ramirez, are talking thatKevin’s marriage has problem. Since Katie left him, his life and their house aremessed up. Then Kevin start leaves hunting his wife, Katie. He is so mad and
13frustated to find her wife. Based on many clues and after visiting many placesKevin heads to Philadelphia.When Alex is in his second weeks in Philadelphia, he stops in bar,restaurant and diner. The waitress, Tracy tells Kevin that Erin is working at adiner and called herself as Erica. She trusts to tell him because he is a detective.However Katie does not appear in the workplace that day and Kevin decides to goback to New York. Kevin misses his chance to meet his wife because Katiechanges her shift into evening one at the restaurant.In the morning when Kevin is sitting on the porch and drinking vodka, hesees a woman named Karen Feldman, she is child of his neighbors Larry andGladys Feldman. That day is Gladys Feldman’s funeral and he does not care aboutit. However it comes into his mind about what Karen ever says that Erin is lookedalike her sister named Katie who died six years ago. Kevin notices Erin uses KatieFeldman as her new identity. When his neighbors are going to the Gladys’funeral, he takes this chance to breaks up into Feldman’s house and he finds filesabout Katie Feldman who lives in Southport, North Carolina, and he directly goesto Southport to find Erin who uses Katie Feldman’s identity.While in another place Alex proposes Katie to be his wife, but Katierejects and they end up in fight. However due to Jo’s suggestion, Katie asked forapologize. However at the same time, Kevin reached Southport and finally findsKatie being together with Alex at a carnival.
14Kevin is jealous watching them. He drinks vodka and plans to burn Katie’scottage, but fortunately Alex can stop it. Kevin and Alex are fighting. However inthe end Kevin died because of drinking too much alcohol.While Alex who gets into hospital because as that incident finallyrecovers, and when Kevin is fit enough Katie transfers him into Joyce’s house.The next day, the sheriff visits them at Joyce’s house to get their formalstatements. Kevin tells the sheriff that the alcohol content in Kevin’s blood is sohigh, so that it is poisoned him. Katie, who goes back into her house, shocks tosee Jo's house has never been lived in. Katie tries to makes sense of what she sees.She thinks that Jo is completely her imagination. She realizes that Jo has neverbeen there at all. Katie reaches for the letter that is given by Alex. It is a letterfrom Alex’s late wife. The letter from Carly says that her friends called her Jo.Now she thinks that Carly looks a lot like Jo. Katie realizes that Jo has gone andthat she will lose a friend who cares about her. Carly asks Katie to love Alexforever and taking care of her family.3. Review of the BookThis chapter shows the strengths and the weaknesses of Safe Haven. Thewriter will describe the intrinsic elements of the story, such as characters, settingof place and symbol. Characters, according to Abrams (Nurgiyantoro, 1981:20),“are people who are raised in literary narrative or drama, which is interpreted bythe reader who has certain moral qualities and tendencies as are reflected in thewords and action.” Characters are the most important elements of every story. In
15this story, there is one main character and three supporting characters. The maincharacter is Erin or Katie, who suffers from her husband’s abusive behavior. Thefirst supporting character is Erin’s husband named Kevin, a police detective whotreats Katie abusively. The second supporting character is Alex, a widower withtwo kids. Alex is also a man whom Katie falls in love with. The third supportingcharacter is Katie’s friendly neighbor named Jo. She comes to learn what Katie’sproblem is and gives support to Alex and Katie’s relationship. In this book thecharacteristics of these four characters will be explained.Erin is an obedient wife. She works hard trying to be a better wife for herhusband, but she is always hit by her husband without any reason or because of asimple problem. It can be seen in the following line:“I cooked for you and cleaned for you and none of it mattered! All youdid was drink and hit me!” (Sparks, 2010:330), and“You wouldn’t let me drive or have any friends and you kept the moneyand made me beg you for it. I want to know why you thought you could dothat to me. I was your wife and I loved you!” (Sparks, 2010:329)It is clearly seen that she is a good wife for her husband. She always doeswhat her husband wants without a fight.Another characteristic of Erin is brave. She loves her husband, but herhusband’s behavior put her in dangerous situation that makes her want to escapeand find a safe place. It can be seen in this line, “I just wanted a place where Icould start over.” (Sparks, 2010:12). It can clearly be seen that Erin chooses torun away from her abusive husband. She runs away without being afraid of thefuture risks that could be happen when Kevin knows about her action.
16Erin is also a smart woman. She does not call the police to tell what herhusband does because her husband is a policeman. It can be assumed that it isuseless for her because the police officers may not believe her. Meanwhile, whenshe is running away, she uses a new identity. She changes her name, from Erin toKatie. She also changes her appearance, such as cutting her hair short andchanging the colour her hair from blond to brown. She is also pretending to be apregnant woman. This all is done in order to avoid his husband, Kevin. It can beseen in the following line:“With the scissors, she began to chop at her hair. Four inches of blond hairfell onto the garbage bag. She seized another chunk, using her fingers topull it tight, telling herself to measure, and snipped. She pulled out the hairdye from its hiding place behind the sink. Dark Brown. She threw on a hatand her jacket, along with a scarf and gloves. She rounded the duffel bagand stuffed it beneath her sweatshirt, kneading and working it until it wasround. Until she looke pregnant. She put on her long coat, one that wasroomy enough to cover the bump.” (Sparks, 2010: 181)The first supporting character is Kevin. He is an abusive husband and adrunker, a condition that makes Kevin’s mental is un controled. Kevin has apsychological illness since he likes to beat his wife and gets very angry but thensuddenly changes his mood and says that he loves her wife and hates to hurt herwife. This fact can be seen through several lines of the novel:“My only day off and you pick that day to get your damn hair done in themiddle of the city! And then go grocery shopping!. . You’re so beautiful.You know I love you, right? ” (Sparks, 2010:146-149), and“Is it so hard? He reached out, he struck fast and hard, his fist a piston,firing at her lower back. . I’m sorry, he said. He swayed slightly. . Idon’t like hitting you.” (Sparks, 2010:146-149)Kevin is a smart person. He is a detective police, so he can noticesomething is going wrong or when he is eager to find something. It can be shown
17from the way he thinks and acts to find his wife, Katie. This fact can be seen inthe following line:“She should have purchased her tickets from a woman, since Erin waspretty and men always remembered pretty women. Back at home, Kevinfound a photograph of her on the computer and used Photoshop to changeher hair from blond to brown and then shortened it. That’s her, the ticketseller confirmed.” (Sparks, 2010:200)The second supporting character is Jo. She becomes Katie’s counselor.She also gives support to Katie’s relationship with Alex. It can be seen in this line:“Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that therelationship is strong enough to survive it” (Sparks, 2010: 266), and“I’m happy for you and Alex. And the kids. You’re good for them, youknow.” (Sparks, 2010:252)By the end of the story, Jo reveals that she is Katie’s imagination.Actually, this character is Carly, the spirit of Alex’s late wife, and only Katie thatcan see her figure as real. It is shown on the Carly’s letter, “My name, as youprobably know, is Carly, but for most of my life, my friend called me Jo.”(Sparks, 2010:350)The last supporting character is a widower named Alex. He is a man whotreats Katie as a special person; he is a man who Katie is feeling comfortable to bewith. She likes to share her story with him since he is also a good listener and shecan finally trust him to tell him more about her past story. It can be seen in thisline: “I want you to know that I value what we have right now, and more thananything, I want you to be comfortable. Whatever that means I’m sorry if you feellike I was putting you on the spot. That wasn’t what I was trying to do.” (Sparks,
182010:269). He accepts her no matter what happens with her before. He wantsKatie to trust him that he will always make her happy. It is shown in this line:“It’s not perfect, but trusts me, I’m not perfect, either, so maybe it’s best ifwe take all of this one day at a time. And when you’re ready, if you’reever ready I’ll be waiting. I love you Katie. You might not be ready to saythose words now, and maybe you’ll never be able to say them, but thatdoesn’t change how I feel about you.” (Sparks, 2010:135)Another characteristic of Alex is that he is a good father. After his wifedied he has to take care of his kids by himself an Alex does good job in doingthat. It can be seen in this line: “The truth is that I spend time with them because Ienjoy it. I enjoy them. I like watching them grow up and I want to be a part ofthat.” (Sparks, 2010:94)According to Abrams (Nurgiyantoro, 1981:175), “background or setting isthe sense of place, time relations and social environment where the eventsnarrated.” Samething happens in this novel where we can find many places, timesrelation and social environment which support many important events in thisstory, so that the story can be understood easily and setting can help in givingmore detail for the story.In this story, the setting of place is clearly identified. It is in the Southportwhere Katie moves in. The setting of place of this story is located in a peacefullysmall town at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, right where it met Intracoastal. Itis a place with sidewalk and shade of trees around there. We can clearly imagineabout the place and the situation in which it could lead the reader to get the realatmosphere of the story.
19The second setting of place is the cottage where Katie leaves in. It isshown in this line: “It was one of two identical structures located at the end ofgravel lane, former hunting cabins with wooden-plank walls, nestled against agrove of oak and pine trees at the edge of a forest that stretched to the coast.”(Sparks, 2010:6)Another strength of the book is that it has an unpredictable ending. Thereader may be surprised with the character of Jo. She is being Katie’s counselor.However Jo actually is the spirit of Carly, the late wife of Alex. Katie finallyrealizes that Jo is not real that she is just her imagination even she believes at firstthat Jo is real and she is not her illusion. This unpredictable part is revealed by theCarly’s letter also from the Jo’s statement to Katie: “For most of my life, myfriends called me Jo.” (Sparks, 2010: 350)Symbol is another important element of the story. Symbol is figure out thestory that is not stated expertly. The symbol of this story is the cover of the book.There is a colourful flowers in the basket. The flowers describe that life as beautyas flowers but it has many colours that reflects life has many circumstances likehappy, falling love, sad, heart broken, fear. As Katie’s story in this book with hercomplex problem.
20The weakness in this novel is the story line between one event to anothergoes to slow and some parts are told repeatly, it can be seen in the story whereKatie always retelling about her abusive husband, so it makes the reader boredand they do not read the whole novel. The reader may skip some pages on thenovel. The author should makes the story more concise without diminish theimportant point of this story.4. ConclusionSafe haven is one of novels written by Nicholas Sparks. He is a successfulAmerican author with great sense of writing that could bring some of his works tobe adapted into movies including this novel. In this book there are many positivemessages that can be taken to the reader, such as how not to give up and find away in solving the problem in life.The most interesting part of this story is the characters of this book; thereare some life lessons and positive messages that can be seen in the main characterand the people around the main character which is motivating to the reader. Theunpredictable ending is being one of the strengths of the book that can make thereaders surprised. Whereas there are some parts of the novel’s content that isboring and being the weakness of the novel.
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22APPENDIXFront Cover
Nicholas Charles Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Sparks is a novelist, screenwriter and producer. In 1974 his family finally settled in Fair Oaks in Carolina where he graduated in 1984 as valedictorian from Be
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In 2012, Sparks and his publishing agent and creative partner Theresa Park, launched Nicholas Sparks Productions, with Park as President of Production. A film and television production company, they currently have an overall deal with Warner Brothers Television. Just months after launching the
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Reno-Sparks Indian Colony 34 Reservation Rd. 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 7 pm Reno Town Mall 4001 S. Virginia St. 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 7 pm . Sparks Christian Fellowship 510 Greenbrae Dr. Sparks Library 1125 12th St. Sparks Middle School 2275 18th St. Summit Lake Paiute Tribe 2255 Green Vista Dr
Sidney Sheldon Morning, Noon and Night . Sidney Sheldon Morning, Noon and Night Nicholas Sparks The Lucky One Take a Chance Nicholas Sparks The Lucky One Take a Chance Khushwant Singh The Company of Women Khushwant Singh The Company of Women Vintage Greene Our Man in Havana
The Wedding BY NICHOLAS SPARKS Prologue Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives? It is mid-October 2003, and I ponder these questions as I watch a moth flail wildly against the porch light. I’m alone outside. Jane, my wife, is sleeping
Nicholas Sparks is a well known author, and he is known for his romance novels. Published Books Wokini (non-fiction 1995) . The Guardian (2003) The Wedding (2003) Three Weeks With My Brother (non-fiction 2004) True Believer (2005) At First Sight (2005) Dear John (2006) The Choice (2007) The Lucky One (2008 .
Akuntansi manajemen mempunyai peranan besar dalam perusahaan, yaitu membantu pihak pihak internal (direktur utama dan masing masing tingkatan manajer dalam setiap unit/departemen) dalam pengambilan keputusan. Oleh karena itu, akuntansi manajemen yang akan kita pelajari dalam buku ini akan membahas hal hal sebagai berikut: 1. Konsep dan fungsi biaya Pihak manajemen dapat memahami berbagai .
